Revolving-collapsible-beam vacuum dyeing-machine.



P. M. MORTON. REVOLVING OOLLAPSIBLE BEAM VACUUM DYBING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAILB. 1911.

1,010,513, Patented Dec.5, 1911.

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REVOLVING COLLAPSIBLE BEAM VACUUM DYEING MAUHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAILB, 1911.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FIB-ARK MELUIN MORTON, OF PHOENIX, ALABAMA.

REVOLVING-COILAPSKBLE-BEAM VACUUM DYEING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. Mon'ron, a citizen of theUnited States,residin at Phoenix city, in the county of Lee and tate of Alabama, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inRevolving-Collapsible-Beam Vacuum Dyeing-Machines; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for dyeing yarn on arevolving beam or drum, of the class set forth in my Patent No. 975,269,granted November 8, 1910.

One object of the present invention is to improve the construction andoperation of machines of this character, and more particularly therevolving collapsible beam or drum on which the yarn is Wound.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved machine inwhich the direction'of flow of dye-li nor, may either pass from theinterior 0 the beam outwardly through. the-yarn, or from the exteriorinwardly through the yarn and beam.

With the above and other ob'ects in view,

the invention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved revolvin collapsible beam vacuum dyeing machine; Fig. 2 is anenlar ed vertical longitudinal section through tide tank and beam, aportion of the foraminous covering of the beam being omitted; Fig. 2" isa sectional view through the reversing valve and showing the mechanismfor causing the circulation of dyeliquor through the tank and revolvingbeam; Fig. 3 is a "ifertical cross-sectional view taken on the planeindicated by the line 3-3 of 2; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of te spider arranged in the center of the beam; Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view showing the mechanism for connecting and shifting thecone-shaped expanding members; Fig. 6 is a detail horizontal sectiontaken on the lane indicated by the line 6-6, Fig. 2. Figs. 7 and S areplan and sectional views through a corrugated, perforated sheet-metalcover, which may be used on the revolving beam in place Specification01' Letters Patent.

Application filed January 9, 1911.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911 Serial in). 801,592.

of a woven wire or other foraminous or reticulate covering, and Fig. 9is a sectional view similar to Fig. 8, s owing a corrugated or ribbedcovering for the beam constructed of woven wire.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a suitablereceptacle for the dye-liquor, which may be a tub or tank of any formand construction, but which, re terably, has asemicylindrical-shapefbottom 2, (provided with a centrall arrangedlongitu inally extending channel 3, the top of which is covered by aperforated plate 4, or other foraminous covering, as shown more clearlyin Figs. 2 and 3. By constructing the tank in this manner, and makingthe beam to substantially fill it, the dyeliquor will be kept well mixedbecause of its agitation by the motion of the beam, and there will be nowaste space in the tank, which latter may be either of the open orclosed type.

The yarn to be dyed is wound upon a revolving beam or drum 5, which maybe a warper beam, if desired, and which is made collapsible byconstructing it with a -recticnlate or foraminous coverin 6 ofcylindrical, or substantially cylindrica shape, and providing improvedmeans for supporting and expanding the covering, as shown more clearlyin Figs. 2 and 5. .The cover 6, with its im roved expanding mechanism,is arrange between two c1rcular heads 7, 8, which are fastened adjacentthe ends of a central longitudinal shaft 9. These heads 7, 8, havecentral openings to receive reduced end portions 10 of the shaft 9, andthey are held in place on said reduced portions b nuts 11, theextremities 12 of the shaft going further reduced, as clearly shown inFig. 2.

The expanding mechanism for the beam or drum covering 6 consists of aseries of annular expanding frames or wheels, each consisting of a splitcircular ring 13 of resilient material, and a series of inwardlyextending radially-disposed spokes or r0 s 14. The openings between theends of the split or divided rings 13 are closed, as shown in Fig. 3, bysprings 15, each of which has one of its ends secured to one extremityof one of the rings and its other end slidably engaged with the oppositeextremity of such ring, whereby the spaced ends of the ring will besupported while the ring will be permitted to expand or contract withincertain larly projecting portions or lugs 19 provided with openings toslidably receive the spokes 14 of the intermediate expanding frame,whereby such spokes will be guided in their radial sliding movements.The spider 18 is fixed by a set screw or other means to the intermediateportion of the shaft 9, and it will be understood that any number ofsuch spiders and intermediate expanding frames may be provided. The sokes 14 of the end expanding arms may be similarly guided, but suchguiding means are not necessary because the covering 6 of the beam ordrum is riveted, bolted, or otherwise fastened to the rings of theexpanding frame. The three hub members 16, 16, 17, are formed withcone-shaped cavities to receive cones 20, 21 and 22 adapted to coactwith the inner ends of the spokes or rods 14 to force the same outwardlywhen such cone members are forced into the hubs. The cone members 20 and22 are similarly disosed and are similar in construction, each havingoppositely projecting lugs 23 apertured to receive longitudinallyextending connecting rods 24, which latter are secured in said lugs byset screws 25. The intermediate portions of the connecting rods 24 slidein the arms of the spider 18, and at one end they are fastened, asshown, by nuts 26 to radially rojecting arms or lugs on a slide 27mounte on a shaft 9. The third cone member 21 coacts with the h'ub onthe head 8 and it is formed with a single radially projecting lug 28disposed opposite a lug or projection 29 on the slide 27. The lugs 28,29 are formed with longitudinally alined, oppositely screw-threadedopenings to receive oppositel threaded portions of a screwshaft 30, whici latter is swiveled, as shown at 31, in the head 8, and has a flatfaced wrench receiving extremity 32, whereby the screw-shaft may readilyturn to move the parts 21, 27 toward 'or from each other, therebyshiftin the spokes 14 o the expanding frames.

The foraminous or reticular cover 6 for the beam may be made of one ormore pieces of woven wire curved to fit the expanding rings 13 andsecured thereto. Or, if desired, such pieces of woven wire may becorrupiated as shown at 33 in Fig. 9. If preferred, tie covering may bemade of perforated sheet-metal and such sheet-metal may be corrugated asshown at 34 in Figs. 7 and 8.

the cones with respect to,

The beam or drum is removably mounted in the tank, and, as shown, oneextremity 12 of its shaft 9 turns in a bearing recess or opening in thecross-piece'35 mounted on suitable supports 36 on the side walls of thetank. The opposite end of the shaft 9 projects into a tubular trunnionor journal 37, which is rotatably mounted in one end wall of the tank,and to which the head 8 is detachably secured. The journal 37 is madehollow to permit the passage of the dyeliquor through it and throughopenihgs 38 formed in the head 8, whereby the liquor may be circulatedthrough the drum and yarn upon the same. The journal 37 rotates in anopening in a suitable bearing 39 fastened to the tank, as shown in Fig.2, and a stufling box is provided to prevent leakage around theshaft orjournal. In order to deta.-.hably mount the beam or dl um on the journal37, the inner end of the latter is formed with a radially-projectingflange or head 40 having its inner face provided with an annular'packing groove 41 and its edges provided with notches 42. The head 8 isformed on its outer face with an annular flange 43 adapted to enter thepacking groove 41 and provided with notched lugs 44. Bolts or similarfasteners 45 are engaged with the notches 42 and notched lugs 44,whereby the head 8 may be clamped to the head or flange 40 to detachablyunite paid parts and provide a liquid-dye connec- Any means may beprovided for revolving the drum or beam but, as illustrated, the outerend of the journal or trunnion 37 has secured to it a worm-gear 46,which meshes with a worm on a transverse shaft 47 suitably journaled andadapted to be driven from anysource of power.

The apparatus for causing the circulation of the dye-liquor through therevolving beam or drum either from the outside in wardly, or from theinside outwardly, is shown more clearly in Fig. 2, and it comprlses twopi es 48, 49, which serve both as inlet and ischarge pipes. The pipe 49is connected as shown at 50 to one end of the channel 3 in the bottom ofthe tank, and

its other end is connected to a T -shaped head 51 formed on the lowerend of the easing 52 of the reversing valve, the opposite end of theT-shaped head 51 having connected to it a suitable valve 53 whereby thetank may be drained. The valve casing 52 has a slightly tapered orcone-shaped body portion which receives a rotary plug-valve 54, thereduced upwardly projecting stem 55 of which extends through a stuflingbox or gland provided on a removable cover-plate 56 at the top of thecasing 52. The valve54 has formed in it two passageways or ports 57, 58,adapted to coact with ports 59, 60, in the casing 52. The port orconnection 59 communicates with the eye or inlet 61 of a suitable pump62, the latter being here shown as of rotary or centrifugal type. Theport 60 communicates with the branch passages 63 which are formed on theexterior of the valve casing 52 and extend around the same to a port orconnection 64, which communicates with the passage 65 of the pump 62.Connected to the upper portion of the valve casing52, at oppositepoints, are suitable controlling valves 66, 67, the former of which isconnected to one end of the pipe 48. The other end of this pipe 48extends through a suitable stuffing box 68 provided in the outer end ofthe trunnion or journal 37, see Fig. 2. The valve 67 is connected to apipe 69 which leads to a suitable storage tank or reservoir 70, intowhich the dyeliquor may be pumped from the tank 1. As explained above,the valve 54 is a plugvalve of the rotary type, and its exterior istapered to fit the tapered bore of the casing 52. In order to preventleakage, a coil spring 71 surrounds the stem 55 of this valve and isarranged between the cover 56 and a stop collar 72 held in position onthe stem by a set screw. The upper extremity of the stem 55 may beturned by any suitable device, so as to reverse the position of thevalve and thereby cause the reversal of the flow of dye-liquor throughthe apparatus.

73 denotes an air pipe communicating with the pipe 48 for the purpose ofextracting water or liquor from the yarn on the drum or beam after theyarn has been dyed or bleached.

74 denotes a tank in which the dye-liquors may be mixed. This tank has adischarge pipe 75 which is connected to a pump inlet 61 through asuitable controlling valve 76, see Fig.2.

In operation, the yarn or other material to be dyed or bleached is woundupon the beam in the warper, or in any other manner, the beam being, ofcourse, in its expanded position. The double or right-and-left-handscrew is then turned to allow the expanding frames to contract, and,consequently, to allow the foraminous or reticulate covering of the beamto contract so that the yarn will be loose on the beam or drum. Thelatter is then placed in the tank and its head 8 connected to thetubular journal or trunnion while its opposite end is supported in thebearing provided therefor. In removing the beam from the tank it will beunderstood that it must be shifted endwise and the bearing 35 must beshifted longitudinally of the tank on its supports 36 a distancesufficient to enable the end 12 of the shaft 9 to b disengaged from thetubular journal 37. It will be seen that by collapsing the beam when itis placed in the tank, the yarn will be slack and, consequently, thedye-liquor will pass freely through 1t. Furthermore,

by making the cylindrical covering of the beam of woven wire orperforated sheetmetal, the dyeliquor will be enabled to readily reachthe yarn in contact with the beam, and at the same time the beam iscomparatively light in weight, and, consequently, can be more readilhandled. After the beam has been place in position the trunnion isrotated through the worm gearing to revolve the beam, and with thereversing valve in the position shown in Fig. 2, the pump is started.The dye-liquor passes from the discharge 65 of the pump through theports 63, 60, then up through the valve 54, and the valve casing 52, andthen through the pipe 48, the tubular journal or trunnion 37 and intothe hollow beam or drum, through the openings 38 in the head 8. Thedye-liquor then passes through the yarn on the beam and returns throughthe channel 3 in the bottom of the tank, the pipe 49, the bottom ofvalve casing 52, the valve 54 and the inlet 61 of the pump. \Vhen it isdesired to reverse the direction of flow of the liquor, the stem 55 ofthe reversing valve is given'a half turn so as to bring the port 58 incommunication with the inlet 61 of the pump and the port 57 incommunication with the port 60 of the valve casing, whereupon the flowwill be in the opposite direction. In other words, instead of thedyeliquor flowing first into the beam or drum and then outwardly throughthe yarn, it will flow from the outside through the yarn and into thehollow beam. When it is desired to remove the dye-liquor from the tankto save the same for the next dyeing operation, the valve 66 is closedand the valve 67 opened, the valve 54 remaining in the position shown inFig. 2", so that when the pump is started the dye-liquor will be drawnfrom the tank and forced up into the storage reservoir 70. The mixingtank 74 is provided so that the dye-liquor may be properly mixed andthen fed to the pump through the valve 76 and so that the useddye-liquor may be strengthened by a fresh mixture. After the yarn on thebeam has been dyed or bleached, water may be forced through the systemto wash out the surplus dye, and after the washing operation the yarnmay be dried on the beam by means of the air-pipe 73.

It will be noted hat by employing a revolving beam with a foraminous orreticulate covering, and arranging it in a tank of the shape shown anddescribed that the dyeliquor will be constantly in motion and will notsettle to the bottom so as to make different portions of the yarndifferent shades. The revolving motion of the beam causes the yarn to beconstantly moved about in the dye-liquor and keeps the latter inconstant agitation, so that the dyeing or bleaching will be uniform.

While I have shown and described in de- &

tail the preferred embodiment of my invention, I wish it understood thatIdo not limit myself to the construction set forth, since variouschanges in the form, proportion and arrangement of parts and in thedetails of construction may be made within the spirit and scope of theclaimed invention.

I claim:

1. In combination with a tank for dye liquor, of a tubular trunnionjournaled in one wall of the tank. a collapsible beam consisting of ashaft, heads fixed to the shaft adjacent its ends, expandin framessurrounding the shaft and consisting of split resilientrings and radialspokes, the latter having their outer ends fixed in said rims, afor-aminous covering on said frames, a right and left hand screw shaftjournaled in one of said heads, cone members mounted for slidingmovement on said shaft and operated by said screw shaft, said membersengaging with the free inner ends of said spokes of the expandingframes, means for guiding the inner portions of said spokes, means fordetachably connecting one of said heads to said tubular trunnion, thelast mentioned head having openings affording communication between theinterior of the beam and the trunnion, means for supporting the oppositeends of said beam shaft, means for rotating said trunnion, and means forcausing the circulation of the dye-liquor through the tank, the beam andthe trunmen.

2. The combination of a tank for dyeliquor having vertical sides andends and a semi-cylindrical shaped bottom, a longitudinal projectionformed on and depending from the center of the semi-cylindrical bottomof the tank, said projection containing a longitudinal channel, aforaminous plate covering the top of said channel, a tubular trunnionjournalcd in one wall of the tank, a beam revolubly mounted in the tankand having a foraminous covering on which the yarn is wound, said beambeing detachably connected to said trunnion and having its interior incommunication with said trun- Iliull, a rigid pipe extending into theouter end of the trunnion, an apertured plate secured on one end of saidlongitudinal projection, a pipe secured in the aperture of said plateand communicating with said channel, a pump, and a single reversingvalve afl'ording communication between said pipes and said pump.

3. In a collapsible beam of the character set forth, the combination ofa shaft, heads secured adjacent the ends of the shaft and having ontheir inner faces circular recesses and hubs formed with cone-shapedrecesses and radial openin expanding frames surrounding. the sha t andconsisting of split rings and radial spokes, the latter being slidablein the radial openings of said hubs, in foraminous covering on saidrings and extending into the circular recesses in the heads, conemembers slidable on said shaft and coacting with the inner ends of saidspokes, and a' right-and-left-hand screw s aft swiveled in one of saidheads and nperatively connected to said cone members.

4. In a collapsible beam of the character set forth, the combinationwith a shaft, heads secured to the shaft adjacent its ends and formed ontheir inner faces with circular recesses and hubs, the latter havingradial openings and cone-shaped recesses, a spider on the intermediateshaft and provided with a hub and radial arms, said arms havingapertured guide lugs and said hub having radial openings and acone-shaped recess, end and intermediate expanding frames, eachconsistin of a split rm and radial spokes, the spo es being slidab e inthe radial openings in said heads, the spokes of the intermediate framebeing slidable in the apertured lugs on the arms of the spider, conemembers slidable on the shaft to coact with said spokes, a frameconnecting two of said cone members and a right-and-left-hand screwshaft swiveled in one of the beam heads and operatively engaged withsaid connecting frame and one of the end cone members.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANK MELUIN MORTON.

Witnesses:

Gno. A. Hare, W. J. INGERSOLL.

